ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The Maryland National Guard issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Jasmine Matthews Members of the Maryland National Guard hosted the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Bosslift event at Martin State Air National Guard Base and Blum Military Reservation on November 3, 2023, giving employers the opportunity to better understand what their employees do during military service. Employers took part in orientation flights in UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters  more PR

BOWIE, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- Bowie State University issued the following news release: Bowie State University literature professor Christopher Murray recently earned a pair of top journalism awards for sports writing from the Pennsylvania News Media Association (PNA) and the Society of Professional Journalism (SPJ). Murray won first place for sports column writing for a small newspaper from the PNA for a column about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. He also received first place honor more PR

LA PLATA, Maryland, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- The College of Southern Maryland issued the following news on Nov. 7, 2023: College of Southern Maryland (CSM) nursing faculty members are passionate about ensuring that their students graduate with the skills they need to deliver compassionate, expert patient care, and the faculty's commitment to excellence in healthcare goes well beyond the classroom. CSM nursing faculty routinely share their expertise with educators from across the country to help ensur more PR

BOWIE, Maryland, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare, issued the following news on Nov. 7, 2023: Inovalon, a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare, today launched Agency Management to help healthcare providers efficiently manage third-party staffing agencies alongside their in-house workforce. Agency Management seamlessly integrates with Inovalon's Schedule Management, a cloud-based sof more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 7 -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following Q&A on Nov. 6, 2023, with founder Phyllis Tilson Piotrow: * * * By Stephanie Desmon As the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs celebrates its 35th birthday, we take you back to the very beginning of the center with a Q&A with the person who started it all, Phyllis Tilson Piotrow, PhD. While CCP officially became a center in 1988 and later moved to the Health, Behavior and Societ more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * CCP will support 23 oral and poster presentations at the three-day Roll Back Malaria Social and Behavior Change Working Group, delivering 10 of them and co-authoring 13 more. * * * By Stephanie Desmon Community health volunteers in Kenya earn high reviews from those who regularly interact with them, but a deeper dive into data from the Malaria Behavior Survey led by the Johns  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The Maryland Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Commerce has provided a total of $410,000 for short-term operational support to 17 nonprofit organizations throughout the state. The support comes from the Nonprofit, Interest-Free, Micro Bridge Loan Account, a program that provides funding up to $25,000 to qualifying nonprofits between the award date of a government grant or contract and the actual receipt of those f more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Covid lockdowns saw a surge in conversation and media attention on exotic pets (thanks, Tiger King). In August 2021 a Maryland suburb experienced its own version when three zebras escaped from their owner, Jerry Lee Holly. Last week Holly was found not guilty in court of three counts of misdemeanor animal cruelt.y For more context on the matter, please consider Katherine Hessler, Assistant Dean for Animal Law at the  more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- Salisbury University issued the following news release: Salisbury University's School of Nursing faculty recently were lauded by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) for their unwavering dedication not only to graduating more nurses, but to preparing more nursing faculty. "As we hire new faculty to replace retiring faculty and to increase our current faculty numbers due to program expansion, funding to support those faculty members is essential," said more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The Community College of Baltimore County issued the following news release: The Daily Record has named Community College of Baltimore County President Sandra L. Kurtinitis, Ph.D. one of Maryland's 2023 Most Admired CEOs. Most Admired CEOs honors talented business CEOs, higher education leaders and nonprofit executive directors throughout Maryland whose leadership and vision are admired by those around them. A panel of judges selects these winners based on profes more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The University of Maryland issued the following news release: A University of Maryland expert on terrorism and the causes and consequences of crime has been selected to receive his field's highest honor, the 2024 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, from the Swedish Ministry of Justice. Distinguished University Professor Gary LaFree's award marks UMD's third Stockholm Prize in Criminology since its inception in 2006. His Department of Criminology and Criminal Justi more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release: Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc. (CAMI) has awarded its Cybersecurity Diversity Trailblazer Award to University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) in recognition of the university's work to prepare an inclusive cyber workforce. "At UMGC, we are committed to addressing the underrepresentation of minorities, women and/or other underserved populations in the cybersecurity profession," more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 8 -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2023: Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., a 1985 graduate of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate as the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. She is the first medical doctor trained in Utah to serve in this important national leadership role. As NIH director, Bertagnolli will oversee th more PR